Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 151 / Tuesday, August 6, 2013 / Notices 47677 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 34. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 850. 

Abstract: The Credit Enhancement for 

Charter School Facilities Program and 

its virtually identical antecedent 

program, the Charter Schools Facilities 

Financing Demonstration Program, 

authorized as part of the reauthorization 

of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act, to have a statutory 

mandate for an annual report 

(respectively, Section 5227 and Section 

10227). This reporting is a requirement 

in order to obtain or retain benefits 

according to section 5527 part b of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965. ED will use the information 

through this report to monitor and 

evaluate competitive grants. These 

grants are made to private, non-profits; 

governmental entities; and consortia of 

these organizations. These organizations 

will use the funds to leverage private 

capital to help charter schools construct, 

acquire, and renovate school facilities. 

Dated: July 31, 2013. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–18880 Filed 8–5–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Basic Energy Sciences Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of renewal. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 

14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, App. 2, and Section 

102–3.65(a), Title 41, Code of Federal 

Regulations, and following consultation 

with the Committee Management 

Secretariat, General Services 

Administration, notice is hereby given 

that the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory 

Committee’s (BESAC) charter will be 

renewed for a two-year period. 

The Committee will provide advice 

and recommendations to the Office of 

Science on the Basic Energy Sciences 

program. 

Additionally, the renewal of the 

BESAC has been determined to be 

essential to conduct business of the 

Department of Energy’s and to be the in 

the public interest in connection with 

the performance of duties imposed upon 

the Department of Energy, by law and 

agreement. The Committee will 

continue to operate in accordance with 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the rules and 

regulations in implementation of that 

Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Harriet Kung at (301) 903–3081. 

Issued in Washington DC on July 29, 2013. 

Carol A. Matthews, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–18802 Filed 8–5–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

[Docket No. EERE–2013–BT–BC–0036] 

DOE Activities and Methodology for 

Assessing Compliance With Building 

Energy Codes 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is soliciting public input 

on the methodology developed by DOE 

to assist in assessing compliance with 

building energy codes at the local, state, 

and national levels. To provide 

technical assistance for states 

implementing building energy codes, 

DOE developed and piloted a 

compliance methodology across several 

U.S. states. The experiences of those 

participating in these pilot studies have 

led to a number of recommendations 

and potential changes to the DOE 

methodology. DOE is interested in 

receiving broad public input on not only 

this methodology, but also on 

fundamental assumptions and 

approaches to measuring compliance 

with building energy codes. This notice 

identifies several areas in which DOE is 

particularly interested in receiving 

information; however, any input and 

suggestions considered relevant to the 

topic are welcome. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested on or before 

September 5, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

encouraged to submit comments 

electronically. However, comments may 

be submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Email to the following address: ST

CodeCompliance2013BC0036@

ee.doe.gov. Include docket number 

EERE–2013–BT–BC–0036 in the subject 

line of the message. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Postal Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, 

U.S. Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, Mailstop EE–2J, 

Request for Information for 

Methodology for Energy Code 

Compliance Evaluation, Docket No. 

EERE–2013–BT–BC–0036, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. Phone 

(202) 586–2945. Please submit one 

signed paper original. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 

Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Office, 6th Floor, 

950 L’Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, 

DC 20024. Phone: (202) 586–2945. 

Please submit one signed paper original. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number. 

Docket: The docket is available for 

review at www.regulations.gov. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the index. A link to the docket Web 

page can be found at http://

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=

EERE–2013–BT–BC–0036. The 

Regulations.gov Web site contains 

instructions on how to access all 

documents, including public comments, 

in the docket. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ms. Kym Carey, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE– 

2J, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC, 20585, Telephone: 

(202) 287–1775, Email: 

Kym.Carey@ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Kavita Vaidyanathan, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of the 

General Counsel, Forrestal Building, 

Mailstop GC–71, 1000 Independence 

Ave, SW., Washington, DC, 20585, 

Telephone: (202) 586–0669, Email: 

Kavita.Vaidyanathan@hq.doe.gov. 

For information on how to submit or 

review public comments or view the 

docket, contact Ms. Brenda Edwards, 

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy, Building Technologies Office, 

Mailstop EE–2J, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

Telephone: (202) 586–2945, Email: 

Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Statutory Background 

II. Evaluating Compliance with Building 


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